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The 3 C’s of Social Learning for Associations

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The 3 C’s of social learning for associations will help you decide what approach works best for your association members when incorporating social learning into the design of education programs. What is Social Learning? How is Social Learning relevant to Associations? .

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3 Ways an Online Community Enhances Learning

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I bet one or more of the top results came from a message board or discussion forum for an online community, where someone else was seeking answers from their peers on a similar topic? They do this through a variety of platforms including websites, social media, email, and increasingly through online communities.

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Focus on Millennial Learners to Benefit Members of All Ages

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Millennial students prefer a less formal learning environment that allows them to interact informally with the professor and fellow students, so incorporate opportunities for collaboration, through social media or online communities. Make your teaching relevant. Provide experiential and exploratory learning opportunities. Request Demo.

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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

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In the past, they achieved this in part by selling continuing education content to members, either directly or indirectly through conferences and forums. Before the rise of social media and cloud computing, associations competed to attract new members — but only in a subtle “non-profit” sort of way. It’s different now.

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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

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Typically, a MOOC features a course syllabus, in this case, a ten-week lesson plan with assigned reading (poems), instructor-created video content, discussion forum, peer-reviewed writing assignments, and quizzes. The TAs and Filreis also participate in discussion forums, and the TAs hold regularly scheduled “office hours” chat sessions.

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Learning Management Systems for Associations: The Essentials

WBT Systems

In this way, associations have been providing social learning opportunities for their members since long before social learning became associated with social media that enables people to connect and communicate online. Disregard the buzz, and learn more about the 3 C’s of Social Learning for Associations.

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Make it Easy for Members to Love your Association LMS!

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Sometimes, it is easy to get caught up in the hype that surrounds the latest trends in learning – social, cloud, mobile, for example. Others support informal, collaborative learning with an Association LMS that supports social learning features such as discussion forums, integrated online communities, or links to social media networks.